From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:41:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (main): When used with --force, each of the --link and
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0_27~14
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a04e5b9dbc6e233a2cbc79ab81b1c22d9438927e;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(main): When used with --force, each of the --link and
--symbolic-link options now implies --remove-destination.
---

diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index f766baee1a..a95d8dbcbd 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -882,6 +882,11 @@ Use `--parents' for the old meaning, and `--no-dereference' for the new."));
       x.xstat = stat;
     }
 
+  /* If --force (-f) was specified and we're in link-creation mode,
+     first remove any existing destination file.  */
+  if (x.unlink_dest_after_failed_open && (x.hard_link || x.symbolic_link))
+    x.unlink_dest_before_opening = 1;
+
   /* Allocate space for remembering copied and created files.  */
 
   hash_init (INITIAL_HASH_MODULE, INITIAL_ENTRY_TAB_SIZE);